Taste disorders in healthy "carriers" and "non- carriers" of Candida albicans and in patients with candidosis of the tongue

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 890-897

  Sakashita, Sayuri ^a   Takayama, Kaoru ^a   Nishioka, Kiyoshi ^a   Katoh, Takuro ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Kawaguchi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

"carriers"; "non carriers"; Candida albicans; Taste disorder; Tongue candidosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; MICONAZOLE NITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; COMMENSALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISORDER; TONGUE DISEASE;

EID: 10044252964     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2004.tb00622.x     Document Type: Article

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